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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. KRAUSHAAR, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE- FOURTHS TO WILLIAM I-I. BRETT AND THOMAS J. BUCHAN, OF

SAME PLACE.

LABEL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,850, dated January 29, 1901. Application filed August 8, 1900. Serial No. 26,205. (No model.)

T0 a/Z whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE J .KEAUSHAAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Label-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a Very simple and efficient device for holding labels, as on the edge of a shelf, for example, in such manner that the label may be conveniently inserted or removed from the holder and the holder itself may be easily removed and will not deface the supporting-shelf.

To this end the invention consists of asheetmetal plate adapted to lie on the upper side and vertical edge of a shelf and having a springtongue adapted to bear against the under side of the shelf and carrying means for holding a label on the vertical portion.

The invention consists more specifically of the integral holder made from one piece of metal, as herein shown and described.

The drawings clearly disclose the holder made in an approved form.

Figure l is a plan of the blank from which it is made, the dotted lines indicating the position of the cuts and bends. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the holder complete; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof, the section cutting through the spring-tongue.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the blank, of rectangular form, preferably with round corners, from which the holder is made. A cut (indicated by the U- shaped line B) provides for the tongue. After such cut is made the plate is bent on the line C at right angles to form the vertical portion of the holder, and the tongue is then bent backward and downward from where it joins the vertical portion and then upward to give it a spring extension. There is thus provided a top plate E, which lies on the upper side of the shelf, a front plate F, lying on the vertical edge thereof, and a spring-tongue G, which bends downward at g and then extends upward in a curved form, as at g', and is thus adapted to bear with the desired spring force on the under side of the shelf. The dotted lines in Fig. 3 show the position of this spring-tongue when it engages the shelf. At the base of the Vertical portion F the blank is bent forward on itself on the line D, thus presenting an upwardly-turned lip H, which lies parallel with the plate F. This lip provides very neat and convenient means for holding the label, which lies along the front side of plate F.

A single label-holder constructed as above described is adapted to be used with shelves of considerable variation in thickness, owing to the spring force of the tongue and its peculiar shape, as described, whereby the projecting spring portion g thereof starts from a point considerably below the under side of the thickest shelf on which the holder is intended to be used. The curve at the extreme end of the tongue g allows the shelf itself to force the tongue downward when the holder is shoved into place. This holder does not deface the shelf in any manner, is not in the way, and can be removed and changed in position at will, and also allows the label or cardy which it holds to be changed as desired.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A label-holder having a top plate, an integral front plate and an integral springtongue projecting from said front plate diagonally rearward and upward beneath the plane of said top plate,whereby said top plate and spring-tongue may grasp shelves of varying thickness, and means for holding a card or label in proximity to the front plate, substantially as described.

2. A label-holder having a top plate, an integral front plate, an integral spring-tongue extending diagonally rearward and upward from near the lower edge of the front plate, and an integral iiange turned upward at the lower edge of the front plate on the front side thereof, substantially as described.

3. A label-holder made of a single piece of sheet metal and comprisinga top plate,a front plate extending downward therefrom at substantially right angles, a spring-tongue cut out of the top and front plate and extending rearward from the front plate beneath the plane of the top plate, and means for sup- IOO porting a card or label in proximity to the front plate, substantially as described.

4. A label-holder made of a single piece of sheet metal consisting of a top plate, a front plate depending therefrom at substantially right angles, a spring-tongue out out of the top plate and front plate and bent and projecting rearward beneath the plane of the top plate, and a lip upwardly turned from the lower edge of the front plate on its front side, substantially as described.

5. A label-holder made from a single piece of sheet metal and comprising a top plate, front plate depending therefrom at substantially right angles, a lip extending along the front of the front plate and formed by turning upward the lower edge of said front plate, and a tongue formed by cutting out a oonneeted portion of the top plate and front plate said tongue being bent first downward and rearward at the rear side of the front plate and then upward in a curve, substantially as described.

6. A label-holder made from a single plate of sheet metal and bent to form a top plate and a front plate at substantially right angles, an integral upturned lip extending continuously from end to end of the longitudinal edge of said front plate, a tongue cut from the middle portion of both said front and top plate and projecting rearwardly from said front plate first downwardly and then upwardly in a curve beneath said top plate to form a spring-tongue, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. KRAUSHAAR.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. BATES, THOMAS J. BUCHAN. 

